Hw#46

I dont have a lot of personal experience with the care of the dead except for when my grandfather died the whole process from when he died and when he got buried was a long process. We had to go to the hospital to confirm things I was very small at the time I wouldn't know what they had to confirm or sign. Then they bought a coffin and had to arrange dates with the funeral home. My parents wanted my grandfather dressed in a certain way and wanted him to look a certain way. When I think of funeral homes I think of a place to come together and meet and catch up and respect the person who has died. My grandfather wanted his death to be more like a party then just a funeral. I was taught to respect the dead and to never speak wrong about anyone who is dead. My parents especially my mom thinks we should help out with any care of the dead arrangements that come up in the family or with her friends she wants to help out as much as she can.

I guess you can say open caskets can be considered a social norm because plenty of people rather have there loved ones seen so everyone can look at him and touch him and for loved one's I've seen people kiss the dead. Many people like the idea of cremation which is when instead of having a open or closed casket funeral you burn the person into ashes and you can spread them out anywhere the person who died wants the ashes spread. I find that way very interesting and I found out that my parents rather be cremated instead of buried. Like I said before my parents have extreme respect for the people who have died and never talks downs to people who have died. They are religious people and they think talking about the dead is bad and should not be brought up without bringing up god.